BH Armed Forces set up 30 Military Tents in Lipa Migrant Camp

In accordance with the decision of the Presidency of BiH, the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina yesterday began to install military tents in the camp “Lipa” for the needs of accommodation of migrants.

More than 40 motor vehicles and more than 180 members of the BiH Armed Forces arrived at the Lipa camp and set up about 30 tents. The request for setting up military tents was submitted by the BiH Ministry of Security in the prescribed procedure to the BiH Ministry of Defense, which forwarded the request for approval to the BiH Presidency, as Commander-in-Chief, and the BiH Presidency approved the request.

In this way, the Armed Forces of BiH will help endangered migrants, but also the current mitigation of the migrant crisis in BiH. As always, when different competent levels of government in the country are not able to respond in a timely manner to various crises and threats, the Armed Forces BiH is ready to responsibly perform every task set before them by the Presidency of BiH, for the benefit of citizens across the country, is stated from the Public Relations Office of the Ministry of Defense of BiH.